Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

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Directly threatened by climate change and rising oceans, striving to connect to global markets and hampered by issues of scale, Pacific Islands need to leverage trade and investment to foster SMEs’ integration into international trade and global value chains. This session will look at various opportunities and propose solutions for Pacific IslandCountries to achieve sustainable development.
For more information: http://tds.ictsd.org/content/promoting-sustainable-development-pacific-islands-through-trade

published:08 Mar 2016

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Climate change and rising sea levels mean the island nation of Kiribati in the South Pacific is at risk of disappearing into the sea.
But the island’s inhabitants aren’t giving up. They are doing what they can to save their island from inundation. Can COP23 help make a difference?
UN estimates indicate that Kiribati could disappear in just 30 or 40 years. That’s because the average elevation is less than two meters above sea level. And some of the knock-on effects of climate change have made the situation more difficult. Kiribati can hardly be surpassed in terms of charm and natural beauty. There are 33 atolls and one reef island – spread out over an area of 3.5 million square kilometers. All have white, sandy beaches and blue lagoons. Kiribati is the world’s largest state that consists exclusively of atolls. A local resident named Kaboua points to the empty, barren land around him and says, "There used to be a large village here with 70 families." But these days, this land is only accessible at low tide. At high tide, it's all under water. Kaboua says that sea levels are rising all the time, and swallowing up the land. That’s why many people here build walls made of stone and driftwood, or sand or rubbish. But these barriers won't stand up to the increasing number of storm surges. Others are trying to protect against coastal erosion by planting mangrove shrubs or small trees. But another local resident, Vasiti Tebamare, remains optimistic. She works for KiriCAN, an environmental organization. Vasiti says: "The industrialized countries -- the United States, China, and Europe -- use fossil fuels for their own ends. But what about us?" Kiribati's government has even bought land on an island in Fiji, so it can evacuate its people in an emergency. But Vasiti and most of the other residents don't want to leave.
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The PacificIslands forum is underway in Cairns but some of the smaller participants feel that Australia and New Zealand are trying to bully them on two crucial issues - trade and aid.
Prime MinisterJohn Key denies allegations that New Zealand and Australia are pushing smaller Pacific nations into signing up to free trade deals, that some do not want.
We didn't come here to be a bully or a dictator of what's happening - we come with a set of ideas as a developed country about what might work and we think is in their best interests," says Key.
Some leaders are quietly concerned their best interests will not be served by giving up tariffs on Australian and New Zealand imports, fearing the bigger nations stand to gain much more from greater access to the islands

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That Sinking Feeling (2007): The Carterets in the Pacific will be the first islands in the world to disappear because of global warming.
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Palau is Fighting BackAgainst the SharkHuntingTrade
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Sea LevelRise (2014):
https://youtu.be/qfZF2gE1l_8
Global WarmingPause (2015):
https://youtu.be/fGnVdOH5qdw
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Sea levels are rising at a phenomenal rate and sea walls, have vanished under the tide. ''The island is sinking'', laments one woman. We see it with our own eyes. It is estimated that by 2015, the Carteret Islands will disappear under the sea. Already, the beaches are littered with fallen trees, their roots eroded by the tide. Rising sea levels have made it impossible for the islanders to grow anything apart from coconuts. They are now dependent on aid from PNG. Our houses are getting closer and closer to the sea’’,, complains one woman. Maybe one day, a tidal wave will sweep everyone away. The government plans to relocate people but many islanders refuse to move. As one states, ''If the island is lost, I'm lost too.''
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Pacific Islands

The "Pacific Islands" is a term broadly referring to the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Depending on the context, it may refer to countries and islands with common Austronesian origins, islands once or currently colonized, or Oceania.

Name ambiguity

In English, the umbrella term Pacific Islands may take on several meanings. Sometimes it refers to only those islands covered by the geopolitical concept of Oceania. In some common uses, the term "Pacific Island" refers to the islands of the Pacific Ocean once colonized by the British, French, Dutch, United States, and Japanese, such as the Pitcairn Islands, Taiwan, and Borneo. In other uses it may refer to islands with Austronesian heritage like Taiwan, Indonesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Myanmar islands, which found their genesis in the Neolithic cultures of the island of Taiwan. There are many other islands located within the boundaries of the Pacific Ocean that are not considered part of Oceania. These islands include the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador; the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, United States; Vancouver Island in Canada; the Russian islands of Sakhalin and Kuril Islands; the island nation of Taiwan and other islands of the Republic of China; the Philippines; islands in the South China Sea, which includes the disputed South China Sea Islands; most of the islands of Indonesia; and the island nation of Japan, which comprises the Japanese Archipelago.

Pacific Islands (video game)

Plot

Pacific Islands is a tank simulation game which simulates platoon-style tank combat. A member of the Soviet Communist Party has seized control of the fictitious Yama Yama Isles in the South Pacific that are an important outpost for the Western nations. The player will have to regain control of the islands in five missions.

Reception

Computer Gaming World criticized Pacific Islands's lack of infantry (making the machines guns useless) or air power (despite the aircraft on the box art), both faults that existed with Team Yankee. The magazine concluded that it "comes closer to a Nintendo game than a wargame". The game was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #189 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.

60 Minutes (Australian TV program)

Gerald Stone, the founding executive producer, was given the job by Kerry Packer and was told: "I don't give a f... what it takes. Just do it and get it right." After the first episode was broadcast on 11 February 1979, Packer was less than impressed, telling Stone: "You've blown it, son. You better fix it fast." Over the years, Stone's award winning 60 Minutes revolutionised Australian current affairs reporting and enhanced the careers of Ray Martin, Ian Leslie, George Negus, and later Jana Wendt.

Awards

60 Minutes has won numerous awards for broadcasting, including five Silver Logies, one Special Achievement Logie, and received nominations for a further six Logie awards.

South Pacific (novel)

As retold by Michener, the book is based on Rodgers and Hammerstein's award-winning musical, "South Pacific" based on Michener's 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific, about the lives of officers, nurses, a French expatriate, and natives on the islands of the South Pacific during World War II. Includes discussion of the original Broadway production and its cast. Unpaginated glossy pages with beautiful some full page color illust.

References

South Pacific (soundtrack)

The Original Soundtrack to the film South Pacific was released in 1958. The film was based on the musical South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein, which had been first staged nine years earlier. The composers had much say in this recording, with many of the songs performed by accomplished singers rather than the actors in the film.Mitzi Gaynor and Ray Walston were the only two leading performers who did their own singing in the film (and on the soundtrack album). The roles of Emile DeBecque, Bloody Mary and Joe Cable were sung by Giorgio Tozzi, Muriel Smith and Bill Lee, respectively.

The album became a major success, reaching No.1 in both the US and UK. In the US, the album stayed at No.1 for seven months - the fourth longest run ever. In the UK, the album remained in the top five for 27 consecutive weeks before reaching No.1 in November 1958. It stayed at the top for a record-breaking 115 weeks (the first 70 of these consecutively - including the whole year of 1959), and remained in the top five for 214 weeks.

Sugar Slaves; Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific Islands Blackbird trade.

Sugar Slaves; Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific Islands Blackbird trade.

Sugar Slaves; Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific Islands Blackbird trade.

Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

1:22:49

TDS LIVE | Promoting Sustainable development in the Pacific Islands through Trade

TDS LIVE | Promoting Sustainable development in the Pacific Islands through Trade

TDS LIVE | Promoting Sustainable development in the Pacific Islands through Trade

Directly threatened by climate change and rising oceans, striving to connect to global markets and hampered by issues of scale, Pacific Islands need to leverage trade and investment to foster SMEs’ integration into international trade and global value chains. This session will look at various opportunities and propose solutions for Pacific IslandCountries to achieve sustainable development.
For more information: http://tds.ictsd.org/content/promoting-sustainable-development-pacific-islands-through-trade

42:51

Kiribati: a drowning paradise in the South Pacific | DW Documentary

Kiribati: a drowning paradise in the South Pacific | DW Documentary

Kiribati: a drowning paradise in the South Pacific | DW Documentary

Climate change and rising sea levels mean the island nation of Kiribati in the South Pacific is at risk of disappearing into the sea.
But the island’s inhabitants aren’t giving up. They are doing what they can to save their island from inundation. Can COP23 help make a difference?
UN estimates indicate that Kiribati could disappear in just 30 or 40 years. That’s because the average elevation is less than two meters above sea level. And some of the knock-on effects of climate change have made the situation more difficult. Kiribati can hardly be surpassed in terms of charm and natural beauty. There are 33 atolls and one reef island – spread out over an area of 3.5 million square kilometers. All have white, sandy beaches and blue lagoons. Kiribati is the world’s largest state that consists exclusively of atolls. A local resident named Kaboua points to the empty, barren land around him and says, "There used to be a large village here with 70 families." But these days, this land is only accessible at low tide. At high tide, it's all under water. Kaboua says that sea levels are rising all the time, and swallowing up the land. That’s why many people here build walls made of stone and driftwood, or sand or rubbish. But these barriers won't stand up to the increasing number of storm surges. Others are trying to protect against coastal erosion by planting mangrove shrubs or small trees. But another local resident, Vasiti Tebamare, remains optimistic. She works for KiriCAN, an environmental organization. Vasiti says: "The industrialized countries -- the United States, China, and Europe -- use fossil fuels for their own ends. But what about us?" Kiribati's government has even bought land on an island in Fiji, so it can evacuate its people in an emergency. But Vasiti and most of the other residents don't want to leave.
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How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva

How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva

How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva

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9:24

The China Syndrome: Part One - Is China taking over the South Pacific? | 60 Minutes Australia

The China Syndrome: Part One - Is China taking over the South Pacific? | 60 Minutes Australia

The China Syndrome: Part One - Is China taking over the South Pacific? | 60 Minutes Australia

China's trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade

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Rudd, Key deny bullying Pacific nations into trade deals

The PacificIslands forum is underway in Cairns but some of the smaller participants feel that Australia and New Zealand are trying to bully them on two crucial issues - trade and aid.
Prime MinisterJohn Key denies allegations that New Zealand and Australia are pushing smaller Pacific nations into signing up to free trade deals, that some do not want.
We didn't come here to be a bully or a dictator of what's happening - we come with a set of ideas as a developed country about what might work and we think is in their best interests," says Key.
Some leaders are quietly concerned their best interests will not be served by giving up tariffs on Australian and New Zealand imports, fearing the bigger nations stand to gain much more from greater access to the islands

17:17

These Islands In The South Pacific Are Sinking!

These Islands In The South Pacific Are Sinking!

These Islands In The South Pacific Are Sinking!

That Sinking Feeling (2007): The Carterets in the Pacific will be the first islands in the world to disappear because of global warming.
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Palau is Fighting BackAgainst the SharkHuntingTrade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIbpktp3Ye0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spDwLMzLMcA
The PacificIsland Under Threat by the US Military
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4u3-1Imeio
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Global WarmingPause (2015):
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Sea levels are rising at a phenomenal rate and sea walls, have vanished under the tide. ''The island is sinking'', laments one woman. We see it with our own eyes. It is estimated that by 2015, the Carteret Islands will disappear under the sea. Already, the beaches are littered with fallen trees, their roots eroded by the tide. Rising sea levels have made it impossible for the islanders to grow anything apart from coconuts. They are now dependent on aid from PNG. Our houses are getting closer and closer to the sea’’,, complains one woman. Maybe one day, a tidal wave will sweep everyone away. The government plans to relocate people but many islanders refuse to move. As one states, ''If the island is lost, I'm lost too.''
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Why China is building islands in the South China Sea

Why China is building islands in the South China Sea

Why China is building islands in the South China Sea

China claims they aren't military bases, but their actions say otherwise.
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China's Pacific Islands Push Has the U.S. Worried

China's Pacific Islands Push Has the U.S. Worried

China's Pacific Islands Push Has the U.S. Worried

China'sPacific IslandsPush Has the U.S. Worried
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In the gritty, steamy streets of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby, signs of China’s push into the Pacific island nation are inescapable. A Chinese worker stencils a logo for China Railway Group outside the new national courthouse it’s building; ChinaHarborEngineeringGroup laborers tar roads under the searing midday sun.“Little by little they are taking slices of our businesses,” said Martyn Namorong, who campaigns to protect local jobs and communities as China ramps up infrastructure spending in the resource-rich nation, often bringing its own workforce. “My people feel we can’t compete.”The nation of 8 million people is the latest frontier in Beijing’s bid for global influence that’s included building artificial reefs in the South China Sea, a military base in Africa and an ambitious trade-and-infrastructure plan spanning three continents. Advertisement for China Construction Bank outside the airport in Port Moresby. China’s thrust into the Pacific islands region, a collection of more than a dozen tiny nations including Fiji, Niue and Timor Leste scattered across thousands of miles of ocean, has the U.S. and its close ally Australia worried. The region played a key role in World War II and remains strategically important as Western powers seek to maintain open sea lines and stability. For Beijing, it offers raw materials, from gas to timber, and a clutch of countries who could voice support for its territorial claims.“We’ve seen a huge surge in China’s state-directed economic investment and mobilization of an enormous amount of capital in the Pacific which clearly has a strategic intent,” said Eric B.Brown, a senior fellow in Asian affairs at Washington-based think tank the Hudson Institute. “The sovereignty of these nations could be compromised by these predatory economic methods. And that could create a military threat to countries such as Australia an...
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Pacific Islands Forum supports economic growth through trade policy frameworks
(October 24, 2017) – The value of incorporating trade policy frameworks into national development plans to ensure inclusive and holistic approaches to economic growth is the subject of talks this week at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
ForumTrade Ministers have emphasised the importance of trade policy frameworks and recognised the need for their implementation to be mainstreamed through NationalDevelopmentPlans and Strategies.
In response, the Forum Secretariat and its development partners have produced a practical trade mainstreaming guide to assist Member States undertake effective and inclusive trade mainstreaming processes. The guide will be considered by Pacific Island officials during a two-day regional trade mainstreaming workshop in Nadi (Fiji), from October 30th (2017).
In the lead-up, three trade officials are undertaking a Trade Policy Mainstreaming attachment this week to learn and share what they know about the intersectional ties between trade policies and other socio-economic development issues.
Speaking at the opening session of the attachment, Pacific Islands Forum Deputy Secretary General Cristelle Pratt, said the Forum Secretariat has been supporting members to formulate national trade and Investment policy frameworks, so as to empower Member States’ integration into regional and global trading economies.
“Effective implementation of these frameworks require multi-disciplinary skills and the whole of government and related stakeholder groups’ collaboration. The attachment is expected to inculcate cross-cutting skills in trade officials to manage the complex mainstreaming processes,” Ms. Pratt said.
“The Secretariat is committed to supporting its Members to enhance their economic growth through strengthened economic cooperation, increasing integration and improved access to goods, services, labour and capital.”
Over the course of the week, Bettyrose Buas (Vanuatu), Justin Togoran (Nauru) and Tentaku Tentoa (Kiribati) will be exposed to practical lessons and tools for the effective implementation and monitoring of trade policy frameworks.
A core value of the Pacific Islands Forum is support for inclusivity, equity and equality for all Pacific people and its Framework for Pacific Regionalism aspires to economic growth that is inclusive and equitable. By working collectively to harmonise how they integrate trade policies into national plans, Forum Island countries seek to create a regional environment that supports private sector growth and is conducive to expanded business opportunities.
Forum Secretariat Director Programmes and Initiatives Shiu Raj said “as part of its new Strategic Framework, the Forum Secretariat is now embracing new forms of inclusive regionalism founded on people-centred development.
“One of the four pillars of PIFS Strategic Framework relates to people centred development. Therefore, this attachment is essential in building the skills of own people to strengthen national capacities, and advance multiple forms of regional cooperation, including the harmonisation and standardisation of business practices amongst Forum Members,” Mr Raj said.
“Regionalism is the solution to our structure constraints such as small domestic markets and isolation from markets; and a practical way to support the development of the private sector within members.”
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published: 08 Mar 2016

Kiribati: a drowning paradise in the South Pacific | DW Documentary

Climate change and rising sea levels mean the island nation of Kiribati in the South Pacific is at risk of disappearing into the sea.
But the island’s inhabitants aren’t giving up. They are doing what they can to save their island from inundation. Can COP23 help make a difference?
UN estimates indicate that Kiribati could disappear in just 30 or 40 years. That’s because the average elevation is less than two meters above sea level. And some of the knock-on effects of climate change have made the situation more difficult. Kiribati can hardly be surpassed in terms of charm and natural beauty. There are 33 atolls and one reef island – spread out over an area of 3.5 million square kilometers. All have white, sandy beaches and blue lagoons. Kiribati is the world’s largest state that consists...

How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva

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Imagine setting sail from Hawaii in a canoe. Your target is a small island thousands of kilometers away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — a body of water that covers more than 160 million square kilometers. For thousands of years, Polynesian navigators managed voyages like this without the help of modern navigational aids. How did they do it? Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva explain.
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published: 17 Oct 2017

The China Syndrome: Part One - Is China taking over the South Pacific? | 60 Minutes Australia

China's trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade

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published: 05 Apr 2018

Polynesian Discovery Part I

Rudd, Key deny bullying Pacific nations into trade deals

The PacificIslands forum is underway in Cairns but some of the smaller participants feel that Australia and New Zealand are trying to bully them on two crucial issues - trade and aid.
Prime MinisterJohn Key denies allegations that New Zealand and Australia are pushing smaller Pacific nations into signing up to free trade deals, that some do not want.
We didn't come here to be a bully or a dictator of what's happening - we come with a set of ideas as a developed country about what might work and we think is in their best interests," says Key.
Some leaders are quietly concerned their best interests will not be served by giving up tariffs on Australian and New Zealand imports, fearing the bigger nations stand to gain much more from greater access to the islands

Why China is building islands in the South China Sea

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China is building islands in the South China sea and its causing disputes among the other nations in the region; Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The US has many allies in the region and uses its massive Navy to patrol international waters, keeping shipping lanes open for trade
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published: 17 Feb 2017

China's Pacific Islands Push Has the U.S. Worried

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In the gritty, steamy streets of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby, signs of China’s push into the Pacific island nation are inescapable. A Chinese worker stencils a logo for China Railway Group outside the new national courthouse it’s building; ChinaHarborEngineeringGroup laborers tar roads under the searing midday sun.“Little by little they are taking slices of our businesses,” said Martyn Namorong, who campaigns to protect local jobs and communities as China ramps up infrastructure spending in the resource-rich nation, often bringing its o...

Pacific Islands Forum supports economic growth through trade policy frameworks
(October 24, 2017) – The value of incorporating trade policy frameworks into national development plans to ensure inclusive and holistic approaches to economic growth is the subject of talks this week at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
ForumTrade Ministers have emphasised the importance of trade policy frameworks and recognised the need for their implementation to be mainstreamed through NationalDevelopmentPlans and Strategies.
In response, the Forum Secretariat and its development partners have produced a practical trade mainstreaming guide to assist Member States undertake effective and inclusive trade mainstreaming processes. The guide will be considered by Pacific Island officials during a tw...

Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

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Directly threatened by climate change and rising oceans, striving to connect to global markets and hampered by issues of scale, Pacific Islands need to leverage trade and investment to foster SMEs’ integration into international trade and global value chains. This session will look at various opportunities and propose solutions for Pacific IslandCountries to achieve sustainable development.
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Directly threatened by climate change and rising oceans, striving to connect to global markets and hampered by issues of scale, Pacific Islands need to leverage trade and investment to foster SMEs’ integration into international trade and global value chains. This session will look at various opportunities and propose solutions for Pacific IslandCountries to achieve sustainable development.
For more information: http://tds.ictsd.org/content/promoting-sustainable-development-pacific-islands-through-trade

Climate change and rising sea levels mean the island nation of Kiribati in the South Pacific is at risk of disappearing into the sea.
But the island’s inhabitants aren’t giving up. They are doing what they can to save their island from inundation. Can COP23 help make a difference?
UN estimates indicate that Kiribati could disappear in just 30 or 40 years. That’s because the average elevation is less than two meters above sea level. And some of the knock-on effects of climate change have made the situation more difficult. Kiribati can hardly be surpassed in terms of charm and natural beauty. There are 33 atolls and one reef island – spread out over an area of 3.5 million square kilometers. All have white, sandy beaches and blue lagoons. Kiribati is the world’s largest state that consists exclusively of atolls. A local resident named Kaboua points to the empty, barren land around him and says, "There used to be a large village here with 70 families." But these days, this land is only accessible at low tide. At high tide, it's all under water. Kaboua says that sea levels are rising all the time, and swallowing up the land. That’s why many people here build walls made of stone and driftwood, or sand or rubbish. But these barriers won't stand up to the increasing number of storm surges. Others are trying to protect against coastal erosion by planting mangrove shrubs or small trees. But another local resident, Vasiti Tebamare, remains optimistic. She works for KiriCAN, an environmental organization. Vasiti says: "The industrialized countries -- the United States, China, and Europe -- use fossil fuels for their own ends. But what about us?" Kiribati's government has even bought land on an island in Fiji, so it can evacuate its people in an emergency. But Vasiti and most of the other residents don't want to leave.
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Climate change and rising sea levels mean the island nation of Kiribati in the South Pacific is at risk of disappearing into the sea.
But the island’s inhabitants aren’t giving up. They are doing what they can to save their island from inundation. Can COP23 help make a difference?
UN estimates indicate that Kiribati could disappear in just 30 or 40 years. That’s because the average elevation is less than two meters above sea level. And some of the knock-on effects of climate change have made the situation more difficult. Kiribati can hardly be surpassed in terms of charm and natural beauty. There are 33 atolls and one reef island – spread out over an area of 3.5 million square kilometers. All have white, sandy beaches and blue lagoons. Kiribati is the world’s largest state that consists exclusively of atolls. A local resident named Kaboua points to the empty, barren land around him and says, "There used to be a large village here with 70 families." But these days, this land is only accessible at low tide. At high tide, it's all under water. Kaboua says that sea levels are rising all the time, and swallowing up the land. That’s why many people here build walls made of stone and driftwood, or sand or rubbish. But these barriers won't stand up to the increasing number of storm surges. Others are trying to protect against coastal erosion by planting mangrove shrubs or small trees. But another local resident, Vasiti Tebamare, remains optimistic. She works for KiriCAN, an environmental organization. Vasiti says: "The industrialized countries -- the United States, China, and Europe -- use fossil fuels for their own ends. But what about us?" Kiribati's government has even bought land on an island in Fiji, so it can evacuate its people in an emergency. But Vasiti and most of the other residents don't want to leave.
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Imagine setting sail from Hawaii in a canoe. Your target is a small island thousands of kilometers away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — a body of water that covers more than 160 million square kilometers. For thousands of years, Polynesian navigators managed voyages like this without the help of modern navigational aids. How did they do it? Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva explain.
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Imagine setting sail from Hawaii in a canoe. Your target is a small island thousands of kilometers away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — a body of water that covers more than 160 million square kilometers. For thousands of years, Polynesian navigators managed voyages like this without the help of modern navigational aids. How did they do it? Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva explain.
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China's trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade

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China'sBelt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious infrastructure project in modern history. It spans over 60 countries and will cost over a trillion dollars. The plan is to make it easier for the world to trade with China, by funding roads, railways, pipelines, and other infrastructure projects in Asia and Africa. China is loaning trillions of dollars to any country that's willing to participate and it's been a big hit with the less democratic countries in the region. This makes the BRI a risky plan as well. But China is pushing forward because its goals are not strictly economic, they're also geopolitical.
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China'sBelt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious infrastructure project in modern history. It spans over 60 countries and will cost over a trillion dollars. The plan is to make it easier for the world to trade with China, by funding roads, railways, pipelines, and other infrastructure projects in Asia and Africa. China is loaning trillions of dollars to any country that's willing to participate and it's been a big hit with the less democratic countries in the region. This makes the BRI a risky plan as well. But China is pushing forward because its goals are not strictly economic, they're also geopolitical.
To truly understand the international conflicts and trends shaping our world you need a big-picture view. Video journalistSam Ellis uses maps to tell these stories and chart their effects on foreign policy.
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The PacificIslands forum is underway in Cairns but some of the smaller participants feel that Australia and New Zealand are trying to bully them on two crucial issues - trade and aid.
Prime MinisterJohn Key denies allegations that New Zealand and Australia are pushing smaller Pacific nations into signing up to free trade deals, that some do not want.
We didn't come here to be a bully or a dictator of what's happening - we come with a set of ideas as a developed country about what might work and we think is in their best interests," says Key.
Some leaders are quietly concerned their best interests will not be served by giving up tariffs on Australian and New Zealand imports, fearing the bigger nations stand to gain much more from greater access to the islands

The PacificIslands forum is underway in Cairns but some of the smaller participants feel that Australia and New Zealand are trying to bully them on two crucial issues - trade and aid.
Prime MinisterJohn Key denies allegations that New Zealand and Australia are pushing smaller Pacific nations into signing up to free trade deals, that some do not want.
We didn't come here to be a bully or a dictator of what's happening - we come with a set of ideas as a developed country about what might work and we think is in their best interests," says Key.
Some leaders are quietly concerned their best interests will not be served by giving up tariffs on Australian and New Zealand imports, fearing the bigger nations stand to gain much more from greater access to the islands

That Sinking Feeling (2007): The Carterets in the Pacific will be the first islands in the world to disappear because of global warming.
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Sea levels are rising at a phenomenal rate and sea walls, have vanished under the tide. ''The island is sinking'', laments one woman. We see it with our own eyes. It is estimated that by 2015, the Carteret Islands will disappear under the sea. Already, the beaches are littered with fallen trees, their roots eroded by the tide. Rising sea levels have made it impossible for the islanders to grow anything apart from coconuts. They are now dependent on aid from PNG. Our houses are getting closer and closer to the sea’’,, complains one woman. Maybe one day, a tidal wave will sweep everyone away. The government plans to relocate people but many islanders refuse to move. As one states, ''If the island is lost, I'm lost too.''
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That Sinking Feeling (2007): The Carterets in the Pacific will be the first islands in the world to disappear because of global warming.
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Palau is Fighting BackAgainst the SharkHuntingTrade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIbpktp3Ye0
Saving Indonesia's Most Bio-diverse Ecosystems (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spDwLMzLMcA
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Sea LevelRise (2014):
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Global WarmingPause (2015):
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Sea levels are rising at a phenomenal rate and sea walls, have vanished under the tide. ''The island is sinking'', laments one woman. We see it with our own eyes. It is estimated that by 2015, the Carteret Islands will disappear under the sea. Already, the beaches are littered with fallen trees, their roots eroded by the tide. Rising sea levels have made it impossible for the islanders to grow anything apart from coconuts. They are now dependent on aid from PNG. Our houses are getting closer and closer to the sea’’,, complains one woman. Maybe one day, a tidal wave will sweep everyone away. The government plans to relocate people but many islanders refuse to move. As one states, ''If the island is lost, I'm lost too.''
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Why China is building islands in the South China Sea

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China is building islands in the South China sea and its causing disputes among the other nations in the region; Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The US has many allies in the region and uses its massive Navy to patrol international waters, keeping shipping lanes open for trade
To truly understand the international conflicts and trends shaping our world you need a big-picture view. Video journalistSam Ellis uses maps to tell these stories and chart their effects on foreign policy.
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China claims they aren't military bases, but their actions say otherwise.
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China is building islands in the South China sea and its causing disputes among the other nations in the region; Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The US has many allies in the region and uses its massive Navy to patrol international waters, keeping shipping lanes open for trade
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China'sPacific IslandsPush Has the U.S. Worried
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In the gritty, steamy streets of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby, signs of China’s push into the Pacific island nation are inescapable. A Chinese worker stencils a logo for China Railway Group outside the new national courthouse it’s building; ChinaHarborEngineeringGroup laborers tar roads under the searing midday sun.“Little by little they are taking slices of our businesses,” said Martyn Namorong, who campaigns to protect local jobs and communities as China ramps up infrastructure spending in the resource-rich nation, often bringing its own workforce. “My people feel we can’t compete.”The nation of 8 million people is the latest frontier in Beijing’s bid for global influence that’s included building artificial reefs in the South China Sea, a military base in Africa and an ambitious trade-and-infrastructure plan spanning three continents. Advertisement for China Construction Bank outside the airport in Port Moresby. China’s thrust into the Pacific islands region, a collection of more than a dozen tiny nations including Fiji, Niue and Timor Leste scattered across thousands of miles of ocean, has the U.S. and its close ally Australia worried. The region played a key role in World War II and remains strategically important as Western powers seek to maintain open sea lines and stability. For Beijing, it offers raw materials, from gas to timber, and a clutch of countries who could voice support for its territorial claims.“We’ve seen a huge surge in China’s state-directed economic investment and mobilization of an enormous amount of capital in the Pacific which clearly has a strategic intent,” said Eric B.Brown, a senior fellow in Asian affairs at Washington-based think tank the Hudson Institute. “The sovereignty of these nations could be compromised by these predatory economic methods. And that could create a military threat to countries such as Australia an...
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In the gritty, steamy streets of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby, signs of China’s push into the Pacific island nation are inescapable. A Chinese worker stencils a logo for China Railway Group outside the new national courthouse it’s building; ChinaHarborEngineeringGroup laborers tar roads under the searing midday sun.“Little by little they are taking slices of our businesses,” said Martyn Namorong, who campaigns to protect local jobs and communities as China ramps up infrastructure spending in the resource-rich nation, often bringing its own workforce. “My people feel we can’t compete.”The nation of 8 million people is the latest frontier in Beijing’s bid for global influence that’s included building artificial reefs in the South China Sea, a military base in Africa and an ambitious trade-and-infrastructure plan spanning three continents. Advertisement for China Construction Bank outside the airport in Port Moresby. China’s thrust into the Pacific islands region, a collection of more than a dozen tiny nations including Fiji, Niue and Timor Leste scattered across thousands of miles of ocean, has the U.S. and its close ally Australia worried. The region played a key role in World War II and remains strategically important as Western powers seek to maintain open sea lines and stability. For Beijing, it offers raw materials, from gas to timber, and a clutch of countries who could voice support for its territorial claims.“We’ve seen a huge surge in China’s state-directed economic investment and mobilization of an enormous amount of capital in the Pacific which clearly has a strategic intent,” said Eric B.Brown, a senior fellow in Asian affairs at Washington-based think tank the Hudson Institute. “The sovereignty of these nations could be compromised by these predatory economic methods. And that could create a military threat to countries such as Australia an...
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Pacific Islands Forum supports economic growth through trade policy frameworks
(October 24, 2017) – The value of incorporating trade policy frameworks into national development plans to ensure inclusive and holistic approaches to economic growth is the subject of talks this week at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
ForumTrade Ministers have emphasised the importance of trade policy frameworks and recognised the need for their implementation to be mainstreamed through NationalDevelopmentPlans and Strategies.
In response, the Forum Secretariat and its development partners have produced a practical trade mainstreaming guide to assist Member States undertake effective and inclusive trade mainstreaming processes. The guide will be considered by Pacific Island officials during a two-day regional trade mainstreaming workshop in Nadi (Fiji), from October 30th (2017).
In the lead-up, three trade officials are undertaking a Trade Policy Mainstreaming attachment this week to learn and share what they know about the intersectional ties between trade policies and other socio-economic development issues.
Speaking at the opening session of the attachment, Pacific Islands Forum Deputy Secretary General Cristelle Pratt, said the Forum Secretariat has been supporting members to formulate national trade and Investment policy frameworks, so as to empower Member States’ integration into regional and global trading economies.
“Effective implementation of these frameworks require multi-disciplinary skills and the whole of government and related stakeholder groups’ collaboration. The attachment is expected to inculcate cross-cutting skills in trade officials to manage the complex mainstreaming processes,” Ms. Pratt said.
“The Secretariat is committed to supporting its Members to enhance their economic growth through strengthened economic cooperation, increasing integration and improved access to goods, services, labour and capital.”
Over the course of the week, Bettyrose Buas (Vanuatu), Justin Togoran (Nauru) and Tentaku Tentoa (Kiribati) will be exposed to practical lessons and tools for the effective implementation and monitoring of trade policy frameworks.
A core value of the Pacific Islands Forum is support for inclusivity, equity and equality for all Pacific people and its Framework for Pacific Regionalism aspires to economic growth that is inclusive and equitable. By working collectively to harmonise how they integrate trade policies into national plans, Forum Island countries seek to create a regional environment that supports private sector growth and is conducive to expanded business opportunities.
Forum Secretariat Director Programmes and Initiatives Shiu Raj said “as part of its new Strategic Framework, the Forum Secretariat is now embracing new forms of inclusive regionalism founded on people-centred development.
“One of the four pillars of PIFS Strategic Framework relates to people centred development. Therefore, this attachment is essential in building the skills of own people to strengthen national capacities, and advance multiple forms of regional cooperation, including the harmonisation and standardisation of business practices amongst Forum Members,” Mr Raj said.
“Regionalism is the solution to our structure constraints such as small domestic markets and isolation from markets; and a practical way to support the development of the private sector within members.”
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Pacific Islands Forum supports economic growth through trade policy frameworks
(October 24, 2017) – The value of incorporating trade policy frameworks into national development plans to ensure inclusive and holistic approaches to economic growth is the subject of talks this week at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
ForumTrade Ministers have emphasised the importance of trade policy frameworks and recognised the need for their implementation to be mainstreamed through NationalDevelopmentPlans and Strategies.
In response, the Forum Secretariat and its development partners have produced a practical trade mainstreaming guide to assist Member States undertake effective and inclusive trade mainstreaming processes. The guide will be considered by Pacific Island officials during a two-day regional trade mainstreaming workshop in Nadi (Fiji), from October 30th (2017).
In the lead-up, three trade officials are undertaking a Trade Policy Mainstreaming attachment this week to learn and share what they know about the intersectional ties between trade policies and other socio-economic development issues.
Speaking at the opening session of the attachment, Pacific Islands Forum Deputy Secretary General Cristelle Pratt, said the Forum Secretariat has been supporting members to formulate national trade and Investment policy frameworks, so as to empower Member States’ integration into regional and global trading economies.
“Effective implementation of these frameworks require multi-disciplinary skills and the whole of government and related stakeholder groups’ collaboration. The attachment is expected to inculcate cross-cutting skills in trade officials to manage the complex mainstreaming processes,” Ms. Pratt said.
“The Secretariat is committed to supporting its Members to enhance their economic growth through strengthened economic cooperation, increasing integration and improved access to goods, services, labour and capital.”
Over the course of the week, Bettyrose Buas (Vanuatu), Justin Togoran (Nauru) and Tentaku Tentoa (Kiribati) will be exposed to practical lessons and tools for the effective implementation and monitoring of trade policy frameworks.
A core value of the Pacific Islands Forum is support for inclusivity, equity and equality for all Pacific people and its Framework for Pacific Regionalism aspires to economic growth that is inclusive and equitable. By working collectively to harmonise how they integrate trade policies into national plans, Forum Island countries seek to create a regional environment that supports private sector growth and is conducive to expanded business opportunities.
Forum Secretariat Director Programmes and Initiatives Shiu Raj said “as part of its new Strategic Framework, the Forum Secretariat is now embracing new forms of inclusive regionalism founded on people-centred development.
“One of the four pillars of PIFS Strategic Framework relates to people centred development. Therefore, this attachment is essential in building the skills of own people to strengthen national capacities, and advance multiple forms of regional cooperation, including the harmonisation and standardisation of business practices amongst Forum Members,” Mr Raj said.
“Regionalism is the solution to our structure constraints such as small domestic markets and isolation from markets; and a practical way to support the development of the private sector within members.”
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For more information, please contact media@forumsec.org

Sugar Slaves; Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific Islands Blackbird trade.

Australian South Sea Islanders are descendants of the Pacific IslandsBlackbird trade that started in NSW 1847 by Benjamin Boyd then the influx to QLD in 1863: Between 1863 and 1904 about 60,000 Pacific Islanders were transported to Queensland, where they toiled to create the sugar plantations of the far north. Some of these islanders moved there willingly on the promise of income, whilst others were kidnapped from their island homes. Pacific Islanders were ‘recruited’ from various islands including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) and the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. This human trafficking is euphemistically known as ‘blackbirding’. The Islanders worked in harsh conditions in the Queensland sugar fields, conditions were akin to slavery. According to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, conditions varied from plantation to plantation depending on how considerate the owners and overseers were. Abuse of the Islanders included being beaten, being deprived of food or leisure time, medical neglect and sometimes separation of married couples. In the late 19th century trade unions in Australia were fighting for workers’ rights but the Pacific Islander workers of Queensland were banned from organising as a group. They were forbidden by law from striking and from leaving their place of employment. Workers who left without permission or ‘absconded’ faced three months imprisonment. Because the Pacific Islanders were paid so poorly compared to other unskilled workers in Australia, they were seen by some as a threat to employment. Opposition to these non-white immigrants came in some cases from those involved in the labour movement. They did not object when the Commonwealth decided to deport most Pacific Islanders between 1904 and 1908 as part of the implementation of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (often referred to as the ‘White Australia policy’). In the southern states of Australia there were others, including those in labour movement, who took a different view and called for fair treatment of the Pacific Island workers. After Federation a few thousand Pacific Islanders were not deported and were permitted to remain in Australia.Today north Queensland is home to more than 20,000 of their descendants. The Call for Recognition: a report on the situation of Australian South Sea Islanders, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1992 – cited in ‘The Call for Recognition’, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland) which has still not been actioned in the twenty first century.

TDS LIVE | Promoting Sustainable development in the Pacific Islands through Trade

Directly threatened by climate change and rising oceans, striving to connect to global markets and hampered by issues of scale, Pacific Islands need to leverage trade and investment to foster SMEs’ integration into international trade and global value chains. This session will look at various opportunities and propose solutions for Pacific IslandCountries to achieve sustainable development.
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Kiribati: a drowning paradise in the South Pacific | DW Documentary

Climate change and rising sea levels mean the island nation of Kiribati in the South Pacific is at risk of disappearing into the sea.
But the island’s inhabitants aren’t giving up. They are doing what they can to save their island from inundation. Can COP23 help make a difference?
UN estimates indicate that Kiribati could disappear in just 30 or 40 years. That’s because the average elevation is less than two meters above sea level. And some of the knock-on effects of climate change have made the situation more difficult. Kiribati can hardly be surpassed in terms of charm and natural beauty. There are 33 atolls and one reef island – spread out over an area of 3.5 million square kilometers. All have white, sandy beaches and blue lagoons. Kiribati is the world’s largest state that consists exclusively of atolls. A local resident named Kaboua points to the empty, barren land around him and says, "There used to be a large village here with 70 families." But these days, this land is only accessible at low tide. At high tide, it's all under water. Kaboua says that sea levels are rising all the time, and swallowing up the land. That’s why many people here build walls made of stone and driftwood, or sand or rubbish. But these barriers won't stand up to the increasing number of storm surges. Others are trying to protect against coastal erosion by planting mangrove shrubs or small trees. But another local resident, Vasiti Tebamare, remains optimistic. She works for KiriCAN, an environmental organization. Vasiti says: "The industrialized countries -- the United States, China, and Europe -- use fossil fuels for their own ends. But what about us?" Kiribati's government has even bought land on an island in Fiji, so it can evacuate its people in an emergency. But Vasiti and most of the other residents don't want to leave.
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How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva

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Imagine setting sail from Hawaii in a canoe. Your target is a small island thousands of kilometers away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — a body of water that covers more than 160 million square kilometers. For thousands of years, Polynesian navigators managed voyages like this without the help of modern navigational aids. How did they do it? Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva explain.
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China's trillion dollar plan to dominate global trade

It's about more than just economics.
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China'sBelt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious infrastructure project in modern history. It spans over 60 countries and will cost over a trillion dollars. The plan is to make it easier for the world to trade with China, by funding roads, railways, pipelines, and other infrastructure projects in Asia and Africa. China is loaning trillions of dollars to any country that's willing to participate and it's been a big hit with the less democratic countries in the region. This makes the BRI a risky plan as well. But China is pushing forward because its goals are not strictly economic, they're also geopolitical.
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Rudd, Key deny bullying Pacific nations into trade deals

The PacificIslands forum is underway in Cairns but some of the smaller participants feel that Australia and New Zealand are trying to bully them on two crucial issues - trade and aid.
Prime MinisterJohn Key denies allegations that New Zealand and Australia are pushing smaller Pacific nations into signing up to free trade deals, that some do not want.
We didn't come here to be a bully or a dictator of what's happening - we come with a set of ideas as a developed country about what might work and we think is in their best interests," says Key.
Some leaders are quietly concerned their best interests will not be served by giving up tariffs on Australian and New Zealand imports, fearing the bigger nations stand to gain much more from greater access to the islands

These Islands In The South Pacific Are Sinking!

That Sinking Feeling (2007): The Carterets in the Pacific will be the first islands in the world to disappear because of global warming.
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Sea levels are rising at a phenomenal rate and sea walls, have vanished under the tide. ''The island is sinking'', laments one woman. We see it with our own eyes. It is estimated that by 2015, the Carteret Islands will disappear under the sea. Already, the beaches are littered with fallen trees, their roots eroded by the tide. Rising sea levels have made it impossible for the islanders to grow anything apart from coconuts. They are now dependent on aid from PNG. Our houses are getting closer and closer to the sea’’,, complains one woman. Maybe one day, a tidal wave will sweep everyone away. The government plans to relocate people but many islanders refuse to move. As one states, ''If the island is lost, I'm lost too.''
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Why China is building islands in the South China Sea

China claims they aren't military bases, but their actions say otherwise.
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China is building islands in the South China sea and its causing disputes among the other nations in the region; Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The US has many allies in the region and uses its massive Navy to patrol international waters, keeping shipping lanes open for trade
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China's Pacific Islands Push Has the U.S. Worried

China'sPacific IslandsPush Has the U.S. Worried
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In the gritty, steamy streets of Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby, signs of China’s push into the Pacific island nation are inescapable. A Chinese worker stencils a logo for China Railway Group outside the new national courthouse it’s building; ChinaHarborEngineeringGroup laborers tar roads under the searing midday sun.“Little by little they are taking slices of our businesses,” said Martyn Namorong, who campaigns to protect local jobs and communities as China ramps up infrastructure spending in the resource-rich nation, often bringing its own workforce. “My people feel we can’t compete.”The nation of 8 million people is the latest frontier in Beijing’s bid for global influence that’s included building artificial reefs in the South China Sea, a military base in Africa and an ambitious trade-and-infrastructure plan spanning three continents. Advertisement for China Construction Bank outside the airport in Port Moresby. China’s thrust into the Pacific islands region, a collection of more than a dozen tiny nations including Fiji, Niue and Timor Leste scattered across thousands of miles of ocean, has the U.S. and its close ally Australia worried. The region played a key role in World War II and remains strategically important as Western powers seek to maintain open sea lines and stability. For Beijing, it offers raw materials, from gas to timber, and a clutch of countries who could voice support for its territorial claims.“We’ve seen a huge surge in China’s state-directed economic investment and mobilization of an enormous amount of capital in the Pacific which clearly has a strategic intent,” said Eric B.Brown, a senior fellow in Asian affairs at Washington-based think tank the Hudson Institute. “The sovereignty of these nations could be compromised by these predatory economic methods. And that could create a military threat to countries such as Australia an...
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Pacific Islands Forum supports economic growth through trade policy frameworks
(October 24, 2017) – The value of incorporating trade policy frameworks into national development plans to ensure inclusive and holistic approaches to economic growth is the subject of talks this week at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
ForumTrade Ministers have emphasised the importance of trade policy frameworks and recognised the need for their implementation to be mainstreamed through NationalDevelopmentPlans and Strategies.
In response, the Forum Secretariat and its development partners have produced a practical trade mainstreaming guide to assist Member States undertake effective and inclusive trade mainstreaming processes. The guide will be considered by Pacific Island officials during a two-day regional trade mainstreaming workshop in Nadi (Fiji), from October 30th (2017).
In the lead-up, three trade officials are undertaking a Trade Policy Mainstreaming attachment this week to learn and share what they know about the intersectional ties between trade policies and other socio-economic development issues.
Speaking at the opening session of the attachment, Pacific Islands Forum Deputy Secretary General Cristelle Pratt, said the Forum Secretariat has been supporting members to formulate national trade and Investment policy frameworks, so as to empower Member States’ integration into regional and global trading economies.
“Effective implementation of these frameworks require multi-disciplinary skills and the whole of government and related stakeholder groups’ collaboration. The attachment is expected to inculcate cross-cutting skills in trade officials to manage the complex mainstreaming processes,” Ms. Pratt said.
“The Secretariat is committed to supporting its Members to enhance their economic growth through strengthened economic cooperation, increasing integration and improved access to goods, services, labour and capital.”
Over the course of the week, Bettyrose Buas (Vanuatu), Justin Togoran (Nauru) and Tentaku Tentoa (Kiribati) will be exposed to practical lessons and tools for the effective implementation and monitoring of trade policy frameworks.
A core value of the Pacific Islands Forum is support for inclusivity, equity and equality for all Pacific people and its Framework for Pacific Regionalism aspires to economic growth that is inclusive and equitable. By working collectively to harmonise how they integrate trade policies into national plans, Forum Island countries seek to create a regional environment that supports private sector growth and is conducive to expanded business opportunities.
Forum Secretariat Director Programmes and Initiatives Shiu Raj said “as part of its new Strategic Framework, the Forum Secretariat is now embracing new forms of inclusive regionalism founded on people-centred development.
“One of the four pillars of PIFS Strategic Framework relates to people centred development. Therefore, this attachment is essential in building the skills of own people to strengthen national capacities, and advance multiple forms of regional cooperation, including the harmonisation and standardisation of business practices amongst Forum Members,” Mr Raj said.
“Regionalism is the solution to our structure constraints such as small domestic markets and isolation from markets; and a practical way to support the development of the private sector within members.”
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Pacific Islands

The "Pacific Islands" is a term broadly referring to the islands of the Pacific Ocean. Depending on the context, it may refer to countries and islands with common Austronesian origins, islands once or currently colonized, or Oceania.

Name ambiguity

In English, the umbrella term Pacific Islands may take on several meanings. Sometimes it refers to only those islands covered by the geopolitical concept of Oceania. In some common uses, the term "Pacific Island" refers to the islands of the Pacific Ocean once colonized by the British, French, Dutch, United States, and Japanese, such as the Pitcairn Islands, Taiwan, and Borneo. In other uses it may refer to islands with Austronesian heritage like Taiwan, Indonesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Myanmar islands, which found their genesis in the Neolithic cultures of the island of Taiwan. There are many other islands located within the boundaries of the Pacific Ocean that are not considered part of Oceania. These islands include the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador; the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, United States; Vancouver Island in Canada; the Russian islands of Sakhalin and Kuril Islands; the island nation of Taiwan and other islands of the Republic of China; the Philippines; islands in the South China Sea, which includes the disputed South China Sea Islands; most of the islands of Indonesia; and the island nation of Japan, which comprises the Japanese Archipelago.

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